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Let's dig in and look to see if we can find some clues as to why the company caught the eye of these investors. Pitch Deck Teardown: Careerist’s $8M Series A deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Lyft said Thursday it will cut 26% of its workforce, or about 1,072 people, as part of a restructuring plan aimed at rebuilding its core ride-hailing product and boosting profits. The company also said in a regulatory filing Thursday that it decided scale back hiring plans and will eliminate 250 open job positions. Lyft estimates […] Lyft layoffs to affect 26% of workforce by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Investors continue to pump money into generative AI tech. Case in point, Replit, an IDE startup developing a code-generating AI-powered tool called Ghostwriter, this week raised nearly $100 million ($97.4 million) at a $1.16 billion post-money valuation. Andreessen Horowitz led the round — a Series B extension — with participation from Khosla Ventures, Coatue, SV […] Replit, the web-based IDE developing a GitHub Copilot competitor, raises $100M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

In a bipartisan effort to “protect kids from harm,” an unlikely cohort of senators introduced a bill that would restrict minors’ access to social media, as well as ban companies from using algorithms to recommend content to minors.  Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Murphy (D-Conn), Katie Britt (R-Ala) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark) introduced the Protecting […] Bipartisan Senate bill would ban social media algorithms for minors by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch... →

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If you find smartphone notifications annoying enough already thanks to their skill at exploiting the full range of distraction options available, whether dropping a banner from above or sprinkling pox-like red balls over your homescreen icons so as to lodge like grit in the eye, you should prepare yourself for even less subtle demands bubbling […] Researchers develop tiny hydraulic haptics for touchscreen notifications you can physically feel by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

We reported last year on the launch of a $225 million VC platform from the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank, which would also cover Central Asia. In addition, Most VC launched its accelerator out of Almaty, Kazakstan. So it’s clear these regions, for too long considered backwaters, are now finding their […] London’s Sturgeon Capital launches $35M fund aimed at emerging startups in Central Asia by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta announced today that it’s introducing new body shapes, improved hair and clothing textures to its avatars. The company also announced that more than one billion avatars have been created across its platforms. Starting this month, users will be able to choose from a wider range of body shape options, including two curvier body shapes. […] Meta updates its avatars with new body shapes, hair and clothing by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Luca, a startup building price planning and prediction tools for retailers, today announced that it closed a $2.5 million seed round led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Y Combinator (Luca was in Y Combinator’s winter 2023 class), Soma Capital and angel investors. Luca was co-founded by Tanvi Surti and Yonah Mann, who worked together […] Y Combinator-backed Luca aims to optimize retail prices at enterprise scale by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

It's possible to build a startup with a founder who wants to stay in academia, but it’s not without its challenges. Sometimes you need to cut your startup’s school ties by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Meta has won an antitrust lawsuit that pitted the tech giant against dozens of state attorneys general, led by New York, who had alleged Meta had illegally maintained monopoly power in the social networking market through its acquisitions of photo-sharing app Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014, and that it gained further power through […] Appeals court rules in favor of Meta in antitrust case from State AGs by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

I wrote about half of last week’s Actuator on Wednesday in an empty office at MassRobotics after meeting with an early-stage startup. I’m not ready to tell you about them just yet, but they’re doing interesting work and have one of the wilder founding stories of recent vintage, so stay tuned for that. Also, shoutout […] Flipping is much easier than walking by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Growth matters, but given the macroeconomic climate, smaller numbers are apparently OK as long as there are clear factors driving future revenue and profit. What is this, revenue growth for ants? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

When Pinecone launched a vector database aimed at data scientists in 2021, it was probably ahead of its time. But as the use cases began to take shape last year, the company began pushing AI-driven semantic search. With the rise of LLMs in the public consciousness, companies are beginning to see the value of vector […] Pinecone drops $100M investment on $750M valuation, as vector database demand grows by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta announced today that it will be phasing out onboarding of new Shops without checkout on Facebook and Instagram enabled. Beginning June 5, onboarding of new shops via Commerce Manager and Shopify will only be with checkout on Facebook and Instagram enabled. By August 10, onboarding of new shops via all other partners will only […] Instagram and Facebook will force their checkout experience on Shops soon by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Cloud storage giant Dropbox today joined the fray of tech companies announcing layoffs. The company today announced that it would be laying off 16% of its staff, equivalent to about 500 employees, due to slowing growth, and — in the words of CEO Drew Houston — because “the AI era of computing has finally arrived.” […] Dropbox lays off 500 employees, 16% of staff, CEO says due to slowing growth and ‘the era of AI’ by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

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